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Unmasked: Redefining the Autistic Experience
This article was co-written by guest writers Samuel Vega and Leah Reinardy. April is Autism Acceptance Month, and while there…
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A questionable Legacy: Reconciling Hope’s history with race
Of all people, librarian and director of the Joint Archives, Geoffrey Reynolds, is the person to ask about Hope College’s…
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WiSE provides community and empowerment for women in STEM
The various existing STEM fields have historically been a place where women are undervalued or completely excluded. However, the women…
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President Biden addresses Congress after 100 days in office
President Biden spoke to a joint session of Congress in his State of the Union Address on Wednesday, April 28, laying out an ambitious $1.8 trillion social spending plan to expand health care, increase access to education and reduce the cost of child care by raising taxes on the wealthiest earners. The American Families Plan…
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Three men charged with federal hate crimes in Ahmaud Arbery killing
On Wednesday, April 28, a federal grand jury indicted three men on hate crime and attempted kidnapping charges for the death of Ahmaud Arbery, a 25-year-old Black man who was fatally shot while jogging last year. Arbery’s death, which sparked a national outcry, occurred near Brunswick, Georgia, on February 23, 2020. He was chased down…
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COVID-19 update: India and beyond
Over the past few weeks, cases of COVID-19 have skyrocketed in India as part of a new second wave of the virus to hit the country. As of April 30, there were over 400,000 cases. There were less than 120,000 cases in early April. India accounts for a third of all global COVID-19 cases, and…
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First-year students look forward to “fresh” start, part two: Electric Boogaloo
Freshman have had a rough go of it. The end of their senior year of high school was ruined, and they have only known college through the lens of COVID-19. With all of the restrictions and safety guidelines it has been harder to do everything, from getting lunch at Phelps to going to club meetings,…
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One final Break Day closes out a strenuous semester
With two weeks left in a long and difficult semester, Hope College students were able to relax one more time on April 28 as the final Break Day took place. Similar in many respects to the Break Day preceding it, the college sponsored a number of events on campus for students to engage in. Most…
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An end of the school year note from your Arts Editor
Drip, drip, drip… Striking the match and drip dropping it in the sink on a bad day. Worse day. Creaky, cracky faucet shreeks as the knobs are turned–– Full speed ahead! All the water released, falling to its death far below on the drainless porcelain bowl. Splash! Full speed ahead! I am an overflowing sink….
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Senior Spotlight: Michael Pineda
The Anchor’s final arts senior spotlight is Michael Pineda (’21), a musician from Honduras studying business and jazz studies. He spoke in depth about what drives him as a musician, how he used his Hope College experience to its fullest extent and poignant advice for many aspects of life. What made you decide on Hope…
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‘It’s been a year filled with problems’: A retrospective and prospective study
Aficionados of Relient K will recognize my headline from their classic song “The Best Thing.” They will also most likely know that the next lyric in that song goes, “but now you’re here / almost as if to solve them.” While these lines, in many ways, represent the way I feel when I think about…
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COVID-19 surge in Michigan: Data, strategies and vaccine rollout
Recently, the state of Michigan has seen a drastic spike in the number of Covid-19 cases, all while the state continues its monumental efforts in the rollout of the coronavirus vaccines. As of April 17, the state has been leading the nation in per capita cases of Covid-19, and 10% of the nation’s cases are…
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Unmasked: Redefining the Autistic Experience
This article was co-written by guest writers Samuel Vega and Leah Reinardy. April is Autism Acceptance Month, and while there is a lot of awareness surrounding Autism, there is also a lot of misinformation online and in social media campaigns. Colleges will need to accommodate a growing neurodiverse population; 1 in 8 people are neurodiverse…